HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 712        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1474

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Limitations of Attorneys Fees..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 231 § 60I, is amended by adding the following language in the first sentence:

60I.Limitation on Attorney Fees.

Attorney fees for services rendered on behalf of a claimant or defendant in a medical negligence or any other personal injury case shall be fair and reasonable.